IOS OR ANDROID Connection to nrf51822

[Ramin]

Hello,

I want to use a mobile Bluetooth as a transmitter and the dongle of nrf51822 s110 (pca1000) as receiver using master control panel and just read the RSSI values from that. Is it possible to use the Bluetooth of mobile phone(IOS or Android)? If so, How?

Thanks for helping in advance

[MartinBL]

Do you want to read the RSSI from you phone in Master control panel? I.e. you want your phone to show up in MCP?

[Ramin]

Yes. When I switch my bluetooth on phone, it doesnt show up in MCP in my pc using dongle. Previousely I used evaluation board to send advertising packets and read the RSSI values of them. But I want to use mobile phone instead now. Please tell me what can I do on android and ios separately.

[MartinBL]

To connect a phone to the dongle you will need a phone that can act as a peripheral. Not all phones can do this. Here are two short, and outdated, lists: Android & iPhone.

EDIT:

I found this app that checks whether your Android phone is able to act as a peripheral: BLE Central, Peripheral Check. I also found this app that can act as a peripheral and advertise a battery or heart rate service: BLE Peripheral Simulator (Works only on certain phones).

[Ramin]

Thanks alot. I have found LightBlue app in the iphone page you sent, that is the thing that I wanted. But still I didnt find an app for android.